Resource Digital Identity

Digital Identity: Emerging Trends, Debates and Controversies

This academic review covers the broad range of arguments, trends, and patterns from the emerging field of digital identity scholarship.

Organization: Women in Identity
Published Year: 2023

The document critically examines digital identity systems, emphasizing their expanding influence in governance, development, and service delivery.

While digital identity is often presented as a means of promoting inclusion and progress, the analysis highlights significant risks such as exclusion, discrimination, surveillance, and the reinforcement of structural inequalities, urging for policies that better protect human rights and ensure true inclusion.